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Molly McKew
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Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us | Be excellent to each other
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Continually amazed with the vast incredulity summoned daily by the absolutely unqualified jokers dealing with Russian intelligence operatives

Actual request: “can you get your cool boss Putin to call trump and praise me?”

Pathetic
YU: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you need to solve only one problem. [laughs] SW: What? YU: Russian-Ukrainian war. SW: I know! How do we get that solved? YU: My friend, I just want your advice. Do you think that it will be useful if our bosses will talk on the phone? SW: Yes, I do. YU: You do. And when you think it could be possible? SW: I think as soon as you suggest, my guy is ready to do it. Because - let me tell you what I told the President. I told the president that you - that the Russian Federation has always wanted a peace deal. That's my belief. I told the president I believe that. And I believe the question is - the issue is is that we have two nations that are having a hard time coming to a compromise and when we do, we're going to have a peace deal. I'm even thinking that maybe we set out like a 20-point peace proposal, just like we did in Gaza. We put a 20-point Trump plan together that was 20 points for peace and I'm thinking maybe we do the same thing with you. My point is this... YU: Ok, ok my friend. I think that very point our leaders could discuss. Hey Steve, I agree with you that he will congratulate, he will say that Mr. Trump is a real peace man and so and so. That he will say. SW: But here's what I think would be amazing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Made some bacon fat scones with toasted walnuts and herb goat cheese and they are a g*****n delight
Pile o’ scones
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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The current European counter proposal on Ukraine:
24-point European counter-proposal in full 1. End of the war and arrangements to ensure no repetition, to establish a permanent basis for lasting peace and security. 2. Both parties to the conflict commit to a full unconditional ceasefire in the sky, on the land and at sea. 3. Both sides immediately enter into negotiations on technical implementation of ceasefire monitoring with the participation of the US and European countries. 4. US-led international ceasefire monitoring by partners of Ukraine is introduced. Monitoring will be predominantly remote using satellites, drones, and other technological tools with a flexible on-land component to investigate alleged violations. 5. A mechanism will be created through which parties can submit reports of ceasefire violations, and to investigate ceasefire violations and discuss corrective measures. 6. Russia unconditionally returns all deported and illegally displaced Ukrainian children. The process will be supported by international partners. 7. The parties to the conflict exchange all prisoners of war (the principle of "all for all*). Russia releases all civilian detainees. 8. Upon ensuring sustainability of the ceasefire, the parties to the conflict take measures for humanitarian relief including family visits across the line of contact. 9. Ukraine's sovereignty is respected and reconfirmed. Ukraine is not forced to be neutral. 10. Ukraine receives robust legally binding security guarantees, including from the US, (Article 5-like agreement) to prevent future aggression. 11. No restriction imposed on the Ukraine Defence Forces and defence industry, including international cooperation. 12. The guarantor states will be an ad hoc grouping of European countries and willing non-European countries. Ukraine is free to decide on the presence, weapons and operations of friendly forces invited by the government of Ukraine on its territory. 13. Ukraine's membership in NATO depends on consensus within the Alliance. 14. Ukraine becomes…
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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The dud hand of starburst
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I do a love a late rosemary flower
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Today in heating the house: sweet potato cinnamon/cardamom rolls, made with spelt flour — but the sweet potato really keeps the dough soft — and sucanat panela for the filling — which really turns molten and amazing in things like this
Delicious golden buns
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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The amazing thing about this admin is the corruption is so literal and so overt — in many cases, it’s just a direct transfer of taxpayer dollars to themselves and other b-villains from the show, like this is all completely normal, bc they can’t be bothered to extort corporations & interest groups
Lutnick using position for profit Noem and co corrupt Mike Flynn wants more corrupt dollars to be bonkers
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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OJ is looking for the real killers
Donald J. Trump ‹ C @realDonald Trump Now that the Democrats are using the Epstein Hoax, involving Democrats, not Republicans, to try and deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and all of their other failures, I will be asking A.G. Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice, together with our great patriots at the FBl, to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions, to determine what was going on with them, and him. This is another Russia, Russia, Russia Scam, with all arrows pointing to the Democrats. Records show that these men, and many others, spent large portions of their life with Epstein, and on his "Island." Stay tuned!!! 8 ReTruths 20 Likes 11/14/25, 9:35 AM
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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You know, it’s not my favorite fruit, but there are few things that beat the color of papaya

Incidentally I stumbled into a whole crazy part of the “wellness” internet yesterday about papaya seeds which I do not recommend
Papaya glowing bright
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Constantly just picture him as in beginning of Hunger Strike video (filmed in standard format, we’re so old)
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Don’t miss this misogyny gem.

So glad all these men are still influential in our society and promoted by other men so our “papers of record” can ask with a straight face whether women have ruined everything for men or not
STATIO "I really don't know what happened to Jim, said biologist Nancy Hopkins of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who in the 1990s led the campaign to get MIT to recognize its discrimination against women faculty. "At a time when almost no men supported women, he insisted I get a Ph.D. and made it possible for me to do so," she told STAT in 2018. But after 40 years of friendship, Watson turned on her after she blasted the claim by then-Harvard University president Lawrence Summers in 2005 that innate, biological factors kept women from reaching the pinnacle of science.
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Finally got around to ordering groceries and I feel like I came out on the right side of the “do I get 5 $.30 onions or the $3/3lb bag of onions” gamble

Perhaps from a field adjacent to tomacco
Giant radioactive onions?
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The roses are certainly happy it has consistently been 70 in November.
Late blooming roses, they can go all winter now in the mid Atlantic
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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*Taps sign*
Molly McKew • @mollymckew.bsky.social It's worth remembering that Nigeria has a population of 233 million in a country about 1.5x the size of Texas — up about 50 million in the past 15 years. Roughly 1 in 4 black Africans is Nigerian. It contributes about 10% of the sub-Saharan African economy. November 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I was just reading thru some stuff and every time I see this photo I have a laugh that this is the main public photo of a guy that peeps around the secdef have been trying to smear as not tough enough.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Oooh yeah
The best thing about scones is they are fast
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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🎶🎵 Some days you’re up at 4 am and chocolate scones just need to happen
Chocolate chip scones going in the oven
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Alas, the destruction of the wrong RFK has been manifested
The last skeleton of RFK stadium comes down
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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What a spectacular day for the block party here in “war-torn” DC
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Hoooooooly wow. I have a habit of buying books without knowing anything about them — I hate the conspiracy of things that puts the same 5 authors in front of us all

It’s been a long time since I read any standalone sci-fi I liked this much, and that spoke so much to themes of soldiers & sacrifice
'A mastersinger of the Space Opera' The Times alastair reynolds SLOW BULLETS LOCUS AWARD WINNING NOVELLA
October 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I mean what’s not to love — we especially loved all the collection gardens and the signs about useful plants and herbs!
Roman mosaics
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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I was looking for something in my photos and found one of my all time favorite photos
Cheeky squirrel having a nibble next to the “don’t feed the squirrels” sign
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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The side-eye from this brosephelus
A+ side-eye technique
October 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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(Don’t worry, the cracks settle once it unpuffs. The puffing is when it’s done).
Pieeeeee
October 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Yaaaaas pie 🥧

Now begins the glacial cooking process
Pieeeeeeeeeee 🥧
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM